Global Patent Index - EP 0897752 B1

EP 0897752 B1 20030129 - Centrifuge with cake churning

Title (en)

Centrifuge with cake churning

Title (de)

Zentrifuge mit heftig bewegtem Feststoffkuchen

Title (fr)

Centrifugeuse avec brassage du gâteau des solids

Publication

EP 0897752 B1 20030129 (EN)

Application

EP 98115841 A 19980821

Priority

  • US 91666097 A 19970822
  • US 723698 A 19980114

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0897752A2] A centrifuge includes a conveyor for moving cake along a cake flow path towards a cake discharge opening and further includes a baffle mounted to the conveyor and disposed along the cake flow path. The baffle is provided on an upstream side, facing substantially away from the discharge opening with a concave profile or surface. This concave profile or surface serves to direct a portion of the cake which is headed downstream along the cake flow path, into a recirculation or churning path directed partly back towards a pool. The recirculation or churning of the particulate material facilitates an enhanced washing thereof and improves the removal of solutes or undesirable impurities from the cake. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B04B 1/20; B04B 15/12

IPC 8 full level

B04B 15/06 (2006.01); B04B 1/20 (2006.01); B04B 3/04 (2006.01); B04B 15/12 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B04B 1/20 (2013.01 - EP US); B04B 3/04 (2013.01 - EP US); B04B 15/12 (2013.01 - EP US); B04B 2001/2041 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10T 29/49318 (2015.01 - EP US); Y10T 29/49321 (2015.01 - EP US)

Citation (examination)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0897752 A2 19990224; EP 0897752 A3 19990526; EP 0897752 B1 20030129; DE 69811014 D1 20030306; DE 69811014 T2 20040108; EP 1273352 A2 20030108; ES 2191893 T3 20030916; IL 125868 A0 19990411; IL 125868 A 20010826; JP H11188284 A 19990713; US 5948256 A 19990907; US 6145669 A 20001114

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 98115841 A 19980821; DE 69811014 T 19980821; EP 02021564 A 19980821; ES 98115841 T 19980821; IL 12586898 A 19980820; JP 27636198 A 19980824; US 35909599 A 19990722; US 723698 A 19980114